Monthly Archives: August 2025

This young deer still has his/her “baby spots”. It’s flashing that namesake tail as it bounds off into the fields after watching us for a few minutes and then deciding that it would rather be looking at us from further away.

Least Sandpipers are the smallest sandpiper in the world. This 1 ounce (28 gram) bird is thought to fly non-stop for 1800-2500 miles (2900-4000 km) over the Atlantic from eastern Canada and New England to northeastern South America. Look for the yellow-green legs to help identify it.

Common Terns in action. Easy to spot with their black cap and orange bill, Common Terns do their fishing off our coast every summer. Terns typically fish by diving onto to their prey. However, this Common Tern is skimming for small fish in very shallow water. Diving would be fatal!